私は斯んな事に掛けて几帳面な先生を信じてゐた。私は先生の返事の來るのを心待に待つた。けれども私の豫期はついに外れた。先生からは一週間經つても何の音信もなかつた。
translation
I believed in my methodical teacher when it came to things like this. I eagerly awaited the teacher's reply. But my Yu period has finally come to an end. A week had passed without any news from the teacher.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 掛: credit (かけ), money owed on an account, bill, hanger, holder | 几帳面: methodical (きちょうめん), precise, meticulous, scrupulous, regular |
| 信: honesty (しん), sincerity, fidelity, trust, reliance | 返事: reply (へんじ), answer, response | 外: outside (そと), outside (と), exterior, exterior, the open (air) | 一週: one week (いっしゅう) |
| 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 音信: correspondence (いんしん), correspondence (おんしん), news, news, letter |